Published date: 20 July 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 10 August 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£25,000 to £45,000

Procurement reference

SC170018

Published date

20 July 2018

Closing date

10 August 2018

Contract start date

7 September 2018

Contract end date

29 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This is an Environment Agency research project where the successful contractor will take existing monitoring data and use these to determine the baselines at two shale-gas sites. The contractor will not be required to undertake any monitoring but will use the data available from third parties (including BGS).
These baselines will be used by the successful contractor to identify "indicator levels" or criteria above which any observed concentrations of a particular substance are not consistent with the initial baseline. The work will also provide evidence for when changes in monitored concentrations may simply be due to normal variation.
The monitoring data will cover air, surface water and groundwater.
If hydraulic fracturing takes place during the lifetime of the project, the successful contractor will compare monitoring data (obtained by others) during hydraulic fracturing with the baseline.
The successful contractor will provide recommendations on the best practice methods for undertaking the collection and analysis of pre-operational, and later operational, monitoring data that can be applied at other shale-gas sites.

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Suppliers must provide all the information required by the document 'SC170018 Request for Quotation'. This information must be send by e-mail to the following address: oilandgas@environment-agency.gov.uk. The complete information must arrive before 12:00 on Friday 10 August 2018.

About the buyer

Address

Environment Agency
Horizon House, Deanery Road
Bristol
BS1 5AH
England

Email

oilandgas@environment-agency.gov.uk